wobbly gloxinia
rosemaryjane
19 years ago
I was given a gloxinia as a gift last year--so beautiful but as I have discovered, so much work! So, it went dormant, I repotted the tuber after a couple of months and about a month or so ago it started growing again. Now he leaves are plentiful and healthy looking, and everything seemed to be going well. Except the other morning it kind of looked lop-sided and I gave it a little push and was startled to find that the base of the plant is VERY wobbly. I have been told in the case of african violets that means it has root damage (like from over-watering.) I'm confused as to how this could happen... i thought i had the hang of watering it properly last year.
Is there anything else that could be causing it to become so wobbly? Maybe this is normal and I never noticed it before. It is leggier than it was last year (not as much light in this location, but my only other option was placing it where it could get too much light and burn the leaves.) Also, I've been fertilizing it with every watering so I will hopefully get lots of blooms soon, but can you kill a plant's root system with too much fertilizer?
Any suggestions/ideas/help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks kindly,
rosemary jane
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